Image:Some of the professor’s medals and awards were sold. Pic: Christie’s

Auctioneer Christie’s had 20 other items associated with the late physicist up for grabs, including a script from one of his appearances on The Simpsons, which went for £6,250.

There was also a collection of his medals and awards available to prospective buyers, and they went for £296,750.

Image:This Simpsons script – an episode that featured Professor Hawking – sold for £6,250. Pic: Christie’s

Professor Hawking’s daughter, Lucy, said the sale gave “admirers of his work the chance to acquire a memento of our father’s extraordinary life in the shape of a small selection of evocative and fascinating items”.

The celebrated scientist – who was diagnosed with motor neurone disease at the age of 22 – died in March.